by Nicola Griffith · Ediciones B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440681973
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«Río Lento» is the science fiction novel by Nicola Griffith, published by Ediciones B in hardcover (361 pages, in Spanish).
After escaping a kidnapping, Lore Van de Oest appears alone and unidentified in a future European city. In the underworld she meets Spanner, a hacker, and to rebuild her life she must decide between returning to her wealthy family or making her own way in a dystopian world dominated by data control.
The novel, originally published as Slow River, won the 1996 Nebula Award and was nominated for the 1995 Lambda Award; it is number 108 in Ediciones B's Nova Collection.
For readers of dystopian science fiction and LGBT narrative; the novel combines a survival thriller with a relationship between women.
Nicola Griffith is a British American novelist, essayist, and teacher. She has won the Washington State Book Award (twice), Nebula Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, World Fantasy Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and six Lambda Literary Awards. In 2024 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2025, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy. In addition to her fiction, Griffith is known for her contributions to feminist and queer literature, her disability advocacy, and her role in founding the Literary Prize Database Project and the #CripLit community for disabled writers.
